Montreal this morning: More sun for a good part of the day

Our streak of remarkable sunny days will come to an end today, with increasing cloudiness late in the afternoon, Environment Canada predicts. The temperature will top out at 29, with a humidex of 35.

Tonight will be cloudy with a few showers beginning near midnight and a low of 19.

Thursday is shaping up to be a grey day with a 60-per-cent chance of showers, so make the most of the sunny conditions today.

The loonie: At 6:20 a.m., the Canadian dollar was worth 77.8 cents U.S.

Coming up today

There’s a lot on tap today, beginning with an announcement by the Bank of Canada about its key interest rate target. It is expected to stand pat. “The central bank will, to no surprise, take a wait-and-see stance and odds are we’ll be waiting and seeing for many quarters to come,” CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld said in a research note. The BoC’s key lending level has been at 0.5 per cent since July 2015, following the collapse in global oil prices that sent the economy into recession during the first half of last year.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission begins a two-day public hearing in Gatineau over licence renewals for major television providers and how they’re implementing packaging flexibility. The CRTC will review the“skinny” TV packages it mandated this spring and the pick-and-pay channels it will require as of Dec. 1. Companies must be in compliance to get their licences renewed. Vidéotron Ltd., Rogers Communications Inc., Shaw Cablesystems Ltd. and Bell Canada will all defend their offerings, which they made available by the CRTC’s deadline.

David Eng poses for photos on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, after being named the flag bearer for the Canadian Paralympic Rio 2016 Opening Ceremonies.Leah Hennel /
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Montrealer David Eng will lead Canada into the opening ceremonies of the 15th Summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The 39-year-old wheelchair basketball star and team co-captain owns two gold medals and a silver from his previous three Paralympic appearances. “There’s nothing more human than the Paralympics,” said Team Canada’s flag bearer. “You have diversity, you have disability, you have how you maximize an athlete. You go out there and you maximize what you’ve got. You perform and it’s really inspiring.”

In other sports highlights, the Impact plays Orlando City at Saputo Stadium tonight.

Classical music fans already know the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal opens its season with Carmina Burana at the Maison symphonique this evening.

And last but certainly not least for fans of all things Apple, the new iPhone is expected to be unveiled at a product launch event.

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One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. – Marie Curie

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